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Changing identity too much trouble

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REID said he rejected the offer of a new identity and security in New Zealand's police witness protection programme because a new life would have been too much trouble.

'The most practical effect was that my family would have to move to an area where they are not known and where I knew nobody.

'Obviously, it would have been the most prudent thing to do if my sole mission in life was to put myself beyond any threat of retribution.

'If someone's going to come and blow my brains out, then they are going to do it and there is nothing I can do about it.

'I regarded myself at serious risk before I gave evidence. I was very concerned about threats against me.

'An actual plan to have me killed was conveyed by a known source to the ICAC.

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